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18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
True worship leads to Growth.
True worship leads to Growth.
Growth by it’s very nature is Change.
Growth by it’s very nature is Change.
Change is hard.
Change is hard.
some People change things just because they can.
that's not the kind of change we are talking about.
people everywhere hate change, not just in the church.
we are talking about the kind of change that produces growth.
what we are looking to happen us transformation.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Change begins in the mind; we start thinking differently about ourselves , our lives and others. Cognitive transformation
Repentance is a true change of mind.
Repentance is a true change of mind.
Instead, the Greek term for “repentance,” metanoia, simply means “mind change.” To repent is to change the way you think about God and yourself, and when that happens, everything else in your life will change.
Kinnaman, G. (2014). The Beginner’s Guide to Worshiping God (p. 69). Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers: a division of Baker Publishing Group.
The Beginner’s Guide to Worshiping God Changing Your Nous
To expand this a bit, the landmark reference on New Testament Greek words, the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, edited by Gerhard Kittel, tells us that repentance means “to change one’s nous, that is, opinion, feelings, purpose.” And the nous? What’s that? It’s your “inner sense directed toward a certain object,” what you perceive to be true, your “mode of thought.” Shades of meaning in the Greek term nous include mind, insight, understanding, judgment, and meaning. When you “repent,” you change all of these things, or to use Paul’s language, you are transformed, that is, radically changed, by the renewing of your mind. And that happens when you hear the Word of God.
Transformation takes relationship. (being active in a church as apposed to merely attending one.)
Transformation takes relationship. (being active in a church as apposed to merely attending one.)
Hebrews 10
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.
23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
This may seem off the subject for a series on worship: real worship transforms our relationship with others.
This may seem off the subject for a series on worship: real worship transforms our relationship with others.
God doesn't want our religion unless it transforms our relationships.
Luke 10
27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
I heard it said one time that a true test of faith is if we love one another as much as we love Jesus.
20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
The transformation triangle.
The transformation triangle.
truth is at the top (open those fingers at the top and let truth in.
20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
on the opposing sides at the bottom is crisis and friendship.
Transformation, then, is the result of these three things:
• Truth, that is, biblical principles (the rules of the game).
• A test of the truth in real-life experiences (playing the game): “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature” ()
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
• Significant friendships (people helping you learn the game): “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed” ().
• Significant friendships (people helping you learn the game): “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed” ().
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Kinnaman, G. (2014). The Beginner’s Guide to Worshiping God (p. 75). Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers: a division of Baker Publishing Group.
Kinnaman, G. (2014). The Beginner’s Guide to Worshiping God (p. 75). Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers: a division of Baker Publishing Group.
The Beginner’s Guide to Worshiping God The Transformational Power of the Holy Spirit
Truth + crisis + friendships = transformation is a clever formula, but it is missing the power factor: the special presence of God. In the last chapter, when we talked about the special presence of God, I left out something terribly important there, too. I didn’t really tell you the most significant thing we can know about the special presence of God. The shekinah, you see, is not just a vaporous, swirling cloud of divine energy, sort of like that violent, thunderous mess at the very end of the motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark. No, very simply,
The shekinah, the glory of God, the anointing, that wonder-working, special presence of Jahweh was and is a Person: the Holy Spirit.
From Glory to Glory
From Glory to Glory
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians
we know that we are the temples of the Holy Spirit.
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1 Corinthians
6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.